defalcate

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  1. intransitive verb To misuse funds; embezzle.

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  1. Medieval Latin dēfalcāre, dēfalcāt-, to mow, deduct : Latin dē-, de- + Latin falx, falc-, sickle.

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  1. from Middle Latin defalcates, past participle of defalcare, cut away, abate, deduct: see defalk.
  2. from Middle Latin defalcatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/dəˈfælkeɪt/
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